By Christian Akpunonu
In retrospect, the sad memories of human carnage in the Northern parts of Nigeria sends rude shock and chill down ones nerves.
The commemoration of ugly incidences like the Maithasinian riots, the Kaduna massacre,Sabo Ngeri Kano massacre and countless others will definitely pose a natural question as to whether the North is actually safe for soujourners.The chequered history of the Northern Nigeria is replete with ugly incidences of mass killings,arsons, kidnapping,terrorism and all sorts of violent criminality. This is the consequence of typical religious intolerance. The Islamic religion deals with the mandatory acknowledgement of the creator (ie the Godhead), the Lord of lords,God of gods.The issue of religious differences lie on the modus Operandi of exhibiting doctrinal differences . Also, the process of the conversion of faithful equally explains the difference.The Christian and some other religions use persuasive dialogue and preaching. Conversely, the Moslem use coercion and annexation to win converts.In areas of similarities like morality, it’s still subjective.In effect, attitudes that constitute moral rectitude differ in several regards.The Christians derive impetus from instilling, inculcating and internalizing morality.But, the Moslems seemingly get engrossed in enforcing, imposing and imbibing morality.
The insinuations in the foregoing is to reveal obvious dissimilarity.One of the duo honours the sanctity of life,whereas the other cares not.The way one of the duo sees life is quite a chasmic difference from the other.Yet,both apparently revere the same Godhead as the genuinely convinced and converted faithful.How true this is depends on commitment and fanatism.Religious fanatics are definitely dangerous and detrimental to the Truth. It is a sin.
The commemoration of the sordid history of political and religious killings, arsons, kidnapping,banditry, and terrorism, especially in the Northern Nigeria is regrettable.
At the point of little tiff, the violent youths of the North go gaga. Their indescribable volatility readily unleashes unbearable brutality and man’s inhumanity to man on unsuspecting persons of Christian religion, particularly those from the SouthEast extraction..The most gruesome ways of decimating human beings is witnessed and experienced in the North.Somebody gets stoned,maimed, beheaded and slaughtered at the slightest socio-religious linked provocations or even misunderstanding.What an arrant nonsense!.Sokoto is set ablaze, with the Christians and Igbos targeted as victims. Why?
That being the case, it sparks off the growing trepidations and apprehensions as to whether it’s even safe to cohabit with crass antagonistic neighborhood, especially in the North. Answers to this topic will be highly appreciated.
Recently,the incredible news of the martyred young Lady-Deborah Samuel Yakubu in Sokoto over what could easily go for a clear frivolity,is so unsettling.They pressed forward charges of blasphemy against the Islamic religion for questioning why Islamic religious post should be sent to a dedicated academic WhatsApp platform. Blasphemy! It’s supposed to be the battle of the God,not man.How many times and instances have Moslems blasphemed Jesus Christ? Was anybody stoned or lynched for doing so by overzealous angry Christian mob? A retrospect of the killing of the retired Gen.Zemani Lekwot is quite shocking and gives goose pimples..
And recently, many other unwarranted violent killings, arson, kidnappings, banditry and terrorism of the Christians and the Igbos in the North provoked this piece.
In as much as one cannot condone these vices, it’s not all out to encourage reprisals.In fact, doing so definitely spells a doom for the nation.This is true, because, oftentimes reprisals in whatever guise is found intractable and very disastrous.
So, with what is going on consistently in the North repetitively, and still lingering,disaster looms in this God’s about-to-be forsaken country.
In fact, the world perceives Nigeria today, as pure enigma vis-a-viz the prevailing socio-political circumstances.It is probably a mystery to the watching world that we are yet to go up in flames.Enough,is enough.There is no longer any guarantee of the safety and security of citizens anywhere in this country.And the Christians and Igbos are no longer safe to sojourn in the North.This is quit alarming, despicable too .These purveyors of violent criminality of the Northern extraction have better watch their steps.
NIGERIA NEWSPOINT
